Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial Cancer or Primary Peritoneal Cancer That Is Recurrent or Has Not Responded to Platinum-based Chemotherapy

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of gemcitabine plus cisplatin in treating patients who have primary ovarian epithelial cancer or primary peritoneal cancer that is recurrent or has not responded to platinum-based chemotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2001-01

Primary completion

2007-01

Completion

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Publications

• Results Brewer CA, Blessing JA, Nagourney RA, Morgan M, Hanjani P. Cisplatin plus gemcitabine in platinum-refractory ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer: a phase II study of the Gynecologic Oncology Group. Gynecol Oncol. 2006 Nov;103(2):446-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.03.018. Epub 2006 Apr 27.

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